There was a great article in Electric Radio (Issue 139, Dec 2000, page
25) on modifying the Ranger screen voltage with a variable control, and
even access from the front panel, without drilling any holes in the front
panel.
Works great.
Pete, wa2cwa
On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:44:53 -0500 Gary Blau <gblau at w3am.com> writes:
> You can lower the power in a couple different ways.
> Lower the screen, run the PA on the low HV, attenuate the RF, etc.
>> If you're driving an amp there's no advantage to running full power
> in
> the Ranger. In fact, you give up a lot of potential positive peak
> modulation capability, if that's important to you.
> I vote for lowering the screen and making it adjustable.
> Second would be running the PA on the lower HV rail.
>> There are numerous articles on line for modifying the Ranger to do
> these
> things.
>> g
>> Patrick Thompson wrote:
> > How did you go about getting the RF drive from the Ranger down to
> a level
> > usable by the SB220? I'm thinking about something similar to get
> to the
> > 200-250 watt carrier level (or 800 to 1000 pep AM). I'm guessing
> the amp
> > won't need much more than 10-15 watts drive (40 to 60 watts pep
> AM) leaving
> > a little headroom.
> >
> > I thought about a homemade pad but that's a lot of heat to throw
> away. Maybe
> > a 3db pad and turn the drive down a little?
> >
> > I could lower the screen voltage but it would be nice to have the
> rig full
> > power when barefoot.
> >
> > Can you get by with just lowering the drive and microphone gain?
> >
> > Pat
> > wa4tuk